Alex Dores first mini album the sweetness of an island

Alex Doré’s first mini album: the sweetness of an island

Singer-songwriter Alex Doré offers us a first mini-album that combines rhythms, the union of instruments and the softness of voice and theme. baptized Islandthis first opus is inspired by the rich vocabulary and countless images related to the sea, sometimes gentle, sometimes turbulent.

Alex Doré gave birth twice in the past year. First a little Elliot, then the six songs that make up this sweet first album.

It has to be said that the new mom was ripe at 37: ripe to throw herself into a musical project of her own and to lean towards a more sedentary lifestyle with her lover (Charles Robert, a multi-instrumentalist and director of the album) and their brand new first son.

Dancing melancholy

Île returns to the very life of a traveler that she easily leaves behind. That island is Formentera, neighboring Ibiza in Spain, where the singer and musician lived for ten years.

It is this island with its places, its inhabitants, its encounters and its past experiences (there the artist accompanied local music groups of all genres at the piano) that inspired this first – too short – album.

The pretty piece La tide rises addresses the artist’s concerns about how individuals and societies cope with the climate and environmental situation, while the song Mon coeur plays precisely with the rich lexicon associated with the sea.

“The song Over There was written on returning from that trip,” she says. I had all my memories on the ground, I didn’t want to say goodbye to this life, I was torn between a more sedentary life and my nomadic life. I was wondering if I’m going to have kids…then it was the best decision of my life!”

The musician from Chicoutimi, who composes her songs on the guitar, has now returned to the island of her memories and her old life. Especially in 2021, to take the photos for this album, intended to soothe the mourning of this place and this bygone era.

Proud

“I’m proud of this mixture of organic instruments and electronic sounds,” reveals the one who studied at the National School of Song in Granby. It’s a nice result. Also the lyrics, I think I’ve improved a lot in the last few years. My technique is to refine and question myself with every word used.

“I had this feeling that I would do this in life,” begins the artist, who is certainly not his last musical project.

The scrapbook Island by Alex Doré is on the platforms. She will be part of the program of the La Noce Festival in Saguenay this summer.